2023 was a year full of student achievement, research breakthroughs, extraordinary alumni and community support, and lots of Coug spirit! We’re kicking off 2024 by remembering some of the best parts of 2023 with the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences top 10 stories from the year, in order of most-viewed according to Google Analytics.
#1
Study points to cause of safety concerns in painkiller diclofenac
Safety concerns related to the widely used painkiller diclofenac may be tied to a little-studied drug-metabolizing enzyme whose expression can vary as much as 3,000 times from one individual to the next, according to new research.
#2
Real talk on the future of pharmacy jobs and pay
By Elina Schmauch, class of 2025 student pharmacist I think every pharmacy student has asked themselves, “What the heck am I doing?” If we aren’t fighting imposter syndrome or the […]
#3
Ensuring drug safety in underrepresented populations
Washington State University scientists are helping to develop safer drug dosing standards for children and other populations that are underrepresented in clinical drug trials, such as pregnant women, older adults taking multiple medications, and people from certain ethnic groups.
#4
Finding love in the pharmacy
For Hung Truong (’00) and Megan McIntyre, a Montana pharmacy graduate from 2004, meeting at a Bartell Drug store was all it took for a future to unfold. They met when Megan was on a Pharmacy Administration rotation with Bartell Drugs in the summer of 2003 and Hung worked at Bartell’s Coal Creek location. If Hung was telling the story he would say that she was his intern. According to Megan, she was technically licensed as an intern but met Hung when she was training him on her rotation project to establish new point of care services throughout Bartell Drugs (of course, Megan tells the correct version). And the rest is history.
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PharmD students’ top 10 things to do in Spokane —winter edition
By Elina Schmauch, class of 2025 When I first moved to Spokane, I had no idea how to spend my free time. In my opinion, Spokane is best tackled in […]
#7
College celebrates 71% match rate, nearly 70% of matches stay in Washington state
The WSU College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is pleased to announce that 71% of participating registrants matched with a residency program this year. Nearly 70% of those matched will […]
#8
WSU program aims to address shortage of rural pharmacists, ‘the most accessible health care providers in America’
James Hanlon’s reporting for The Spokesman-Review is funded in part by Report for America and by members of the Spokane community. This story, which was first published on January 31, […]
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Cooking and humor brought pharmacy couple together
Russell Heaton (’00) remembers seeing his future wife, Kristi (’00), in 1995, while they were both students in a chemistry class at Eastern Washington University. He immediately thought she was beautiful, so he approached her and asked a question about the lab. Russ says she was not impressed by him, at all, and Kristi doesn’t even remember this encounter. But a year later, when they were both at WSU, they met again and started to hang around with mutual friends.
#10
Megan Willson appointed Associate Dean for Professional Education
Pharmacotherapy Professor Megan Willson will be taking on the role of Associate Dean for Professional Education effective July 1. Willson’s exceptional clinical experience and unwavering commitment to teaching have positioned […]